Geoffrey MillerVerified account

Do you advocate even stronger social stigma against people in polyamorous and open relationships, including continued stigmatization by therapists and clinicians? Asking for millions of friends.

It's a simple question about whether @jordanbpeterson advocating social pressure for monogamy also includes social pressure against poly and open relationships. The second seems logically entailed by the first.

It really is such a shame that his comments got blown up in a misunderstood way. This is a fascinating discussion when the point is properly understood. And your point is a a great one.

I'm very interested in the argument that widespread polygamy is bad for a society because of the surplus men. But I don't know if that's identical to what you're describing or whether it's ethical to promote monogamy even if it had a positive effect.

Polygamy is quite different from polyamory, but they both raise the issue of increased variance in reproductive success, and whether society should use force or social pressure to minimize that variance.